Swint returned to the Bashful Gardens apartment complex to visit friends when Bryant accused him of taking too many light bulbs from the apartment they shared there before Swint moved out.

Witnesses said the argument turned violent when Bryant punched Swint while wearing brass knuckles. Bryant went into an apartment at the complex in the 2300 block of Northwest Eighth Street, emerged carrying a rifle and shot Swint in the head, authorities said.

In December 2007, a Broward County jury convicted Bryant of first-degree murder.

Bryant was serving a life sentence when an appeals court overturned the conviction because of testimony that jurors had been precluded from hearing, prosecutor Deborah Zimet said.

Zimet then agreed to a plea deal, offering Bryant 19 years in prison in exchange for a plea of guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder. Circuit Judge Martin Bidwill imposed the sentence Monday.